The Dark Side Of Craigslist

The Miranda Barbour Case

Miranda Barbour is a young woman from Alaska with an extensive past of criminal activity and mental health instability. In 2013, 18-year-old Barbour was married with a baby girl and suddenly decided one day that she wanted to kill someone with her husband. She posted an ad on Craigslist looking for men who “hated their wives.”

She got a response from a 42-year-old man named Troy LaFerrara and the two decided to meet up. Barbour went to pick up LaFerrara, with her husband hidden under a blanket in the backseat. When LaFerrara got in the car, Barbour’s husband strangled him from behind while Barbour stabbed him 20 times. After disposing of the body and having dinner, they were arrested the next day.